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Blackpresence » Caribbean http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 JOB: Faith, Slavery and Identity Programme Internship http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/job-faith-slavery-and-identity-programme-internship/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/job-faith-slavery-and-identity-programme-internship/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:02:20 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6746

The National Portrait Gallery houses a unique collection of all forms of portraiture of the people who have made or who are currently contributing to British history and culture. With more than 1.8 million visitors each year, the Gallery is one of the country’s most important and popular galleries. Faith, Slavery and Identity Programme Internship [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/job-faith-slavery-and-identity-programme-internship/feed/ 0 Jobs – Community Project Officer – National Archives http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/jobs-community-project-officer-national-archives/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/jobs-community-project-officer-national-archives/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:36:14 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6736 Jobs

Job Details:Community Project Officer Ref1546X Department Education and Outreach Directorate Operations and ServicesBandBand ESpecialism Closing Date Monday 7th November 2011 at midnight Job Purpose Based in the Education & Outreach Department but with some national travel, the post holder will build and maintain links with new communities, specifically from African and Caribbean communities. You will [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/jobs-community-project-officer-national-archives/feed/ 0 Caribbean UK Film Festival 2011 @ the V&A, London – Sun 10 & Mon 11 July http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/caribbean-uk-film-festival-2011-the-va-london-sun-10-mon-11-july/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/caribbean-uk-film-festival-2011-the-va-london-sun-10-mon-11-july/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:57:55 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3683

This year the Caribbean UK Film Festival 2011, hosted by actor Geff Frances and Charles Thompson MBE founder of the Screen Nation Awards, will explore the themes of fashion, music, sport and culture with a special feature honouring the lifetime achievements of actor Earl Cameron CBE – not to be missed! You are encouraged to [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/07/caribbean-uk-film-festival-2011-the-va-london-sun-10-mon-11-july/feed/ 0 Negroes and Blacks – Slavery http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/slavery-negroes-and-blacks/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/slavery-negroes-and-blacks/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:23:51 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3534 Slave Shackles

Some authorities argue that the very idea of Race should be abandoned. They say that there are no pure Races, that all so-called Races are the result of intermarriage between people of different stocks. There is only one Race, the Human Race. In the United States the division of the population into White and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/slavery-negroes-and-blacks/feed/ 1 6th International Conference of Caribbean Women’s Writing: Comparative Critical Conversations http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/6th-international-conference-of-caribbean-womens-writing-comparative-critical-conversations/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/6th-international-conference-of-caribbean-womens-writing-comparative-critical-conversations/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:49:58 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=3495 Writing

6th International Conference of Caribbean Women’s Writing: Comparative Critical Conversations Friday 24 and Saturday 25 June 2011 Registration Fee: £70 (£35 students) Download Registration Form. Caribbean Women’s Literature as a body of work has become rooted in the region and across the diaspora. As a result, critics and teachers engaged in discovering, interpreting and disseminating [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/06/6th-international-conference-of-caribbean-womens-writing-comparative-critical-conversations/feed/ 0 Growing with Pan http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/growing-with-pan/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/growing-with-pan/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 15:53:31 +0000 Jamma http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2931

The Steel pan is a beautiful creation originated in Trinidad & Tobago in the late 19.30′s and is the only orchestral family of acoustic musical instruments to be invented in the 20th century. With instruments ranging from low bass to high sopranos, all made out of the same raw material (oil drums) makes this invention [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/05/growing-with-pan/feed/ 0 Mighty Jamma UK’S NO1 Recording Steelpan Artist http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/02/mighty-jamma-uks-no1-recording-steelpan-artist/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/02/mighty-jamma-uks-no1-recording-steelpan-artist/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:55:27 +0000 Jamma http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2928 The mighty Jamma

Mighty Jamma UK’S NO1 Recording Steelpan Artist Jamma started playing music at a very early age, jamming on pots and pans etc. When I was 9 years oldI moved on to playing the bass guitar and at the age of 11I moved on to playing the steelpan and since thenI have never looked back.The pan [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/02/mighty-jamma-uks-no1-recording-steelpan-artist/feed/ 1 Eric Eustace Williams http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/eric-eustace-williams/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/eric-eustace-williams/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:00:59 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2719

Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 � 29 March 1981) was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago He served from 1956 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian. Eric Williams was a descendant from the de Boissiere family which made its fortune trading African slaves illegally after slave [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/10/eric-eustace-williams/feed/ 0 Hispanics of African ancestry facts http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:05:00 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1142

Examiner.com 1492-1493- A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, travels with Christopher Columbus 1494- The first Africans arrive in Hispaniola (current day Haiti – Dominican Republic) with Christopher Columbus. They are free persons. 1501- The Spanish king allows the introduction of enslaved African into Spain 1511-The first enslaved Africans arrive in Hispaniola. 1513-Thirty African accompany Vasco [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/10/hispanics-of-african-ancestry-facts/feed/ 0 Early Black Footballers-Arthur Wharton http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/early-black-footballers-arthur-wharton/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/early-black-footballers-arthur-wharton/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:49:16 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1028

Arthur Wharton was the world’s first Black Professional Footballer.Arthur was born to parents who were both mixed race. His father was half Grenadian and half Scottish, and his mother was half Scottish + half Fante Royal of the stool family of Ekumfie. He was also the World Record Holder for the 100 yard dash. Pictured [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/early-black-footballers-arthur-wharton/feed/ 0 The Only Black Man on the Titanic http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/the-only-black-man-on-the-titanic/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/the-only-black-man-on-the-titanic/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:16:26 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=942 Hatian family on the titanic

There was a Haitian man on the Titanic There was a Haitian man on the ship! His uncle was President of Haiti! Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche was the only black man, a Haitian man, to perish in the Titanic; that’s after he saved his wife and kids. Laroche was born in Cap Haitian, Haiti , [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/the-only-black-man-on-the-titanic/feed/ 1 Music, New Markets, African and Caribbean Biodiversity http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/music-new-markets-african-and-caribbean-biodiversity/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/music-new-markets-african-and-caribbean-biodiversity/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 20:40:03 +0000 alexbbake http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=427

I’m browsing the shelves of my office bookshelf. This is, in fact, the philosophy section at the local library, but i’m sure that many of the web community out there will be familiar with this analogy. I’m also very excited at the impending Summer launch of the BBake entertainment service. BBake at www.bbake.com will allow [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/05/music-new-markets-african-and-caribbean-biodiversity/feed/ 0 Sickle Cell and Deaths in Custody Conference http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/sickle-cell-and-deaths-in-custody-conference-2/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/sickle-cell-and-deaths-in-custody-conference-2/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:47:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=853

Registration closes 18 May 2009 - Book now to avoid disappointment! The Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell (TASC Unit) at De Montfort University, Leicester is pleased to present this exclusive one-day conference. The conference examines Sickle Cell Disorders, healthcare neglect in prisons, racism in the criminal justice system and the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/sickle-cell-and-deaths-in-custody-conference-2/feed/ 0 GUYANA: BODY OF FORMER PRESIDENT TO BE CREMATED http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-body-of-former-president-to-be-cremated/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-body-of-former-president-to-be-cremated/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:11:16 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=659

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The body of former President Janet Jagan is to be cremated immediately following her state funeral here on Tuesday. Jagan died early Saturday morning at the Georgetown Hospital. She was 88 years old. On Tuesday, the funeral procession will depart her Georgetown residence at 8:00 am and will stop directly in front [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-body-of-former-president-to-be-cremated/feed/ 0 BLACK SCREEN BRITAIN http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-screen-britain/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-screen-britain/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:29:42 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=634 Black Cinema

Tuesday 11.30am March 31st & April 7th 2009 BBC Radio 4 and on BBC i-player for 7 days after broadcast Programme 1: Less than 50 years ago a passionate bedroom kiss between a white man and a black woman in a popular television soap opera was the stuff of tabloid headlines. So risque that, in [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-screen-britain/feed/ 0 Post-poll Antiguan uncertainty http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/post-poll-antiguan-uncertainty/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/post-poll-antiguan-uncertainty/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:12:50 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=617

UNCERTAINTY hangs over the future of Antigua and Barbuda’s second-term government of Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer last week with the filing of four election petitions Thursday (March 19) by the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) in the High Court. RICKEY SINGH The challenging of the declared results involve three of the nine seats won by [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/post-poll-antiguan-uncertainty/feed/ 0 Guyana glory for Windies http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-glory-for-windies/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-glory-for-windies/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:16:45 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=606 Chanderpaul sees of England

Second One Day International-Guyana West Indies 264-8 Innings Complete (S Chanderpaul 112 no, R R Sarwan 74) v England 243 (A J Strauss 105) West Indies beat England by 21 runs Local hero Shivnarine Chanderpaul led from the front as West Indies bounced back from their farcical defeat in the opening one-day international with [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-glory-for-windies/feed/ 0 A White Cuban Woman Facing the Mirror http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/a-white-cuban-woman-facing-the-mirror/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/a-white-cuban-woman-facing-the-mirror/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:46:37 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=583 What Race?

I don’t remember ever having asked myself what race I belonged to. I was born advantaged in a society that discriminated against non-whites. So, am I white? The answer isn’t so simple. On my identity card, it says my skin color is white. So, am I white? Let’s have a look at my genealogical tree; since [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/a-white-cuban-woman-facing-the-mirror/feed/ 0 Caribbean Women Face Double Discrimination http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/caribbean-women-face-double-discrimination/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/caribbean-women-face-double-discrimination/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:44:30 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=581

MANAGUA, Mar 20 (IPS) – The first criminal prosecution for racial discrimination in Nicaragua, in response to a complaint brought by a woman lawmaker in the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), has focused attention on the segregationist treatment of indigenous and Afro-Caribbean women in the Caribbean coastal regions. Indigenous and black women make up 52 percent [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/caribbean-women-face-double-discrimination/feed/ 0 Cuba, Uganda Parliaments to Cooperate http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/cuba-uganda-parliaments-to-cooperate/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/cuba-uganda-parliaments-to-cooperate/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:41:36 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=590

Rebeca Kadaka, vice president of the Parliament of Uganda

Havana, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The Parliaments of Cuba and Uganda signed here a protocol to define the framework to promote and develop cooperation. Jaime Crombet and Rebeca Kadaka, vice presidents of the National Assemblies of Cuba and Uganda, respectively, signed the accord inspired on the traditional ties that bind both countries. Under the agreement, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/cuba-uganda-parliaments-to-cooperate/feed/ 0 Virgin Islands – Diageo Lays Out Green Plan at CZM Hearing, Gets Public Support http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/virgin-islands-diageo-lays-out-green-plan-at-czm-hearing-gets-public-support/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/virgin-islands-diageo-lays-out-green-plan-at-czm-hearing-gets-public-support/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:18:42 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=593

The Captain Morgan’s rum distillery planned for St. Croix will release no molasses or other effluent into the sea, instead converting it to organic solids suitable for soil enrichment, Diageo officials told the V.I. Coastal Zone Management committee Wednesday. At the committee’s public hearing on the Diageo CZM permit in the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/virgin-islands-diageo-lays-out-green-plan-at-czm-hearing-gets-public-support/feed/ 0 Guyana News – Weekly Roundup http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-news-weekly-roundup/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-news-weekly-roundup/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:09:44 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=520

Top Guyana Award For West Indies Batsman CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM – Jackson Heights,NY,USA CaribWorldNews, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Weds. Mar. 18, 2009: West Indies batsman and former skipper, Shiv Chanderpaul, is set to be bestowed with a Guyana … See all stories on this topic A history of events of CLICO Guyana Caribbean Net News – Georgetown,Cayman Islands CLICO [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/guyana-news-weekly-roundup/feed/ 0 African Medicine; The E-book http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/284/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/284/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:39:23 +0000 Iesha http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/284/ African Medicine; Book Cover

AFRICAN MEDICINE The E-Book This holistic health guide is the first book ever to disclose the closely guarded healing secrets of Yoruba priests. It covers the history, methods, and healing treatments of a 10,000 year old West African Tradition. This amazing book consolidates African Spiritual Science and holistic healing into something comprehensive and usable everyday [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/284/feed/ 3 Michelle Jean – Governor General of Canada http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/michelle-jean-governor-general-of-canada/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/michelle-jean-governor-general-of-canada/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:12:41 +0000 User Contibuted Article http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=216 Obama Greeted by Jean

The Governor General of Canada is the vice-regal or viceroy representative in Canada of the Queen of Canada , who is the head of state. A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country in the name of and as representative of the monarch. Canada is one of sixteen British Commonwealth realms, all of [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/michelle-jean-governor-general-of-canada/feed/ 0 Black Canadians – An overview http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-canadians-an-overview/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-canadians-an-overview/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:39:28 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=169 black Canadianhistory

Black Canadians in Canada: Total Population of Canada: 30+,000,000 Number of Black People living in Canada: 670,000 Percentage of Canadian Population that’s Black: 2% Percentage of the Black Canadian Population living in: - Toronto – 47% - Montreal – 20% - Ottawa – 6% - Vancouver – 3% - Halifax – 2% Where Black Canadians [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-canadians-an-overview/feed/ 5 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-01 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-01/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-01/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:10:00 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-01/

Black History month launched: Haringey Council http://tinyurl.com/ab824p # Answering Blackpresence mail. Finally seem to have found a permanent solution to the website management..watch this space # BBC NEWS | Entertainment | EastEnders to air black landmark: EastEnders is to air the first episode featuring an.. http://tinyurl.com/asmlte # New article about Black knights in Medieval Europe [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-01/feed/ 0 Black British History-Caribbean Troops in WW1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-british-history-caribbean-troops-in-ww1/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-british-history-caribbean-troops-in-ww1/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:27:05 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=57

During the first world War the Caribbean sent a great many soldiers to aid the British war effort . The British West India regiment fought in Africa and in Europe. They were generally used as advance troops and field attendants, they sustained heavy losses. Many of the troops who were wounded were brought back to [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-british-history-caribbean-troops-in-ww1/feed/ 1 Black British History-African Sea Farers http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-british-history-african-sea-farers/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-british-history-african-sea-farers/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:16:28 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=55

Sailors from Africa, the West Indies and India have contributed to the life on board British ships during times of both peace and war]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-british-history-african-sea-farers/feed/ 0 Steamship is Historical Focus http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/steamship-is-historical-focus/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/steamship-is-historical-focus/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:34:46 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=40 SS Empire Windrush

Known for carrying 492 passengers from Jamaica to Britain is a centrepiece of this year's black history season.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/steamship-is-historical-focus/feed/ 0